KILLING THEM WITH KINDNESS? An article by Julie Umpleby, www.diamondlightworld.net Most of us at some stage will have reached into our pockets and made some kind of financial contribution to assist those in the ‘third world’ so desperately in need of nourishment, help and support. After all, how can any decent human being not be affected by the images of emaciated, starving children too hungry to do anything other than plead with eyes that seem too large for their drawn faces?? It is heart breaking indeed to witness such suffering and not be moved by it. Over the years we have learned of the corruption that has infiltrated many charitable foundations, leading to the redistribution of either funds or products so that those most in need are the ones least likely to receive what they so desperately need. Valuable resources are often hijacked for black market sales, further enriching those for whom the only motivation is greed and accumulation. Even worse, is the use of such ill-gotten gains to fund the purchase of weapons, further excacerbating the fear, impoverishment and neglect of human life.

However, there is another insidious issue that has not received the attention of the mainstream media that is equally as detrimental to those most desperately in need. That issue is the type of nutrition they are provided with even when food supplies do manage to reach their intended destinations.